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GRES398

Location: Wy Yung

Australian Soil Classification: Haplic, Lithocalcic, Red DERMOSOL

Previous Site Name: AL13

General Landscape Description: Valley slopes up to 32%
Site Description: Midslope of a low hill, 14% slope
Native Vegetation: Dry valley forest
Geology: Complex of Neogene limestone (Miocene) and alluvial sediments (Pleistocene)

Soils and lanforms of the Bairnsdale Dargo region - a guide to the major agricultural soils of East Gippsland 2011 - Calulu landform

Soil Profile Morphology:
0 – 15 cmDark reddish brown; light clay; pH 6.3.
Soils and lanforms of the Bairnsdale Dargo region - a guide to the major agricultural soils of East Gippsland 2011 - Calulu profile 13
Roadside cutting on the Wy Yung Calulu Road near Calulu
15 – 40 cmRed; heavy clay; pH 6.8;
40 – 90 cmRed; medium clay; pH 7.5.



Chemical and Physical Analysis:


Horizon Depth
(cm)
pH
(water)
Organic Carbon
%
Total
Nitrogen
%
Exchangeable Cations
Gravel
%
Coarse Sand
(0.2-2.0 mm)
%
Fine Sand
(0.02-0.2 mm)
%
Silt
(0.002-0.02 mm)
%
Clay
(<0.002 mm)
%
Ca
Mg
K
Na
meq/100g
0-10
6.3
4.8
0.37
15.9
2.3
1.3
0.2
2
7
37
14
38
30-60
6.8
27.3
1.8
0.5
0.5
4
2
8
3
86
80-90
7.5
29.7
1.3
0.4
0.4
6
7
10
9
72


Profile Described By: J.M. Aldrick, 1978.
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